YURI DA CUNHA
“With Yuri you put fire on your stage!”
ANGOLA
YURI DA CUNHA
THE ANGOLAN SHOW MAN
An energy-packed show with captivating Semba, Kizomba & Angolan rumba, that create an unforgettable live experience of pure love for life.
Yuri da Cunha is an Angolan music icon, following the footprints of the legende like Bonga and Paulo Flores. Yuri da Cunha takes on the exceptional legacy and thus combines past, present and future of Angolan music. Today, Angolan Yuri fans fill entire stadiums to experience his live concerts. The tempting, cheerful Angolan music makes everybody dance. His shows are dynamic explosions of pure love of life: highly contagious rhythms and melodies - Yuri da Cunha brings the hottest trend from Angola on the stage!
Yuri makes people of all ages dance: his hypnotizing dance and captivating energy on stage earned him the nickname “The Show Man.” His individual style of music is rooted in the rhythms of Angola, such as Semba, Kazukuta, Kuduro and Kizomba - which is a dance that has become a trend in metropolises around the world for several years.
Wandering naturally between semba, kizomba or Angolan rumba, Yuri affirmed a particular way of singing love, from the most romantic to the most carnal, experimenting throughout his highly successful discography with different rhythms, traveling the world, from South to Brazil where he celebrated Carnival on stage with superstar Daniela Mercury, never forgetting the origins in bows expressed in his music to artists like Bonga.
Videos.
Achievements.
Highlights.
2010 World Tour with Eros Ramazotti
Atchu Tchutcha 13 million YouTube views
2014 - the "African best duet" at MTV awards
Multi-award winning artist in Angola (2021 Best Semba Of The Year Dijala die Kanza)
nominated for "Best Portuguese Speaking Artists of the year 2014 " MTV Africa Music Awards
Kizomba* Semba * Angolan Rumba * Kuduru * Afrobeats
Line Up & Travel Party.
Lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars, keyboard, percussion, drums
6-10 musicians, 1-2 Crew
Territory & Availability.
Europe
2022 - All year.
2023 - All year.